Linux Kernel as screensaver

from http://micrux.net/?p=66

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Linux
• Kernel
• ubuntu
• screensaver

[demoflare]

The whole point of open source, is that anyone can use it regardless of their "wealth or status" free-as-in-speech or beer.

Knowledge is power, and money guzzling corporations cannot survive in an open source market.

[int3rl0per]

Write a shellscript, that picks a random *.c file from the kernel source tree and cats it.

Then configure the xscreensaver module 'Phosphor' to use that script to get its output.

Simple.

[floopy312]

The first screensaver that would make me think :D

[floopy312]

BEAUTIFUL

[numba1netsfan]

Thats actually how fast I type when I kernel hack.

[curlynostrill]

I took the idea from the Sonar screensaver but using some other net monitor program (I forgot which) and piped the output to Phosphor and had a nifty net activity monitor as a screensaver :-P

It was a little too much for that old machine, though, so in the end I chose no saver at all.

[tololololo9001]

@JamesPriceSucks there is free beer

[fickdichus]

boy, please you are running GNU/Linux so please use recordmydesktop or similar software to not let GNU look ridiculous.

[gck86]

the links is dead

[JamesPriceSucks]

@demoflare It's "free speech, not beer"

[suyashr2]

@demoflare

My point exactly. Therefore, the whole point of open source is that anyone can use it free as in speech but as in beer.